Marking device for the garment trades, etc.



NOV. 1, 1966 B, N, LEE 3,281,938

MARKING DEVICE FOR THE GARMENT TRADES, ETC.

Filed June 5. 1965 L: 15 I ,5- H H I I fiat I INVENTOR. BOB NAKAYAMA LEEITTOBNEY United States Patent 3,281,938 MARKING DEVICE FOR THE GARMENTTRADES, ETC. Bob Nakayama Lee, 1616 78th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Filed June3, 1965, Ser. No. 466,359 1 Claim. (Cl. 30365) This application is acontinuation-in-part of my copending application, Serial No. 437,640.

Thus, this invention pertains to new and useful improvements in markingtools of the parallel wheel type, and may be termed a parawheel.

The said tool will prove of great value to the garment industry for useby pattern makers, dressmakers, and others for tracing, and at the sametime will provide distinct measurements.

Thus this invention may be used by pattern graders for setting offmarkings or regulation spaces and for enlarging patterns to desiredmeasurements.

The invention will naturally be of great use to dressmakers, and for anywork which requires the marking of distinct parallel lines.

The invention is constructed to make parallel lines, whether they becurved or straight lines, and at the same time transfer said lines bypenetrating the original through the conventional means.

The said invention has two parallel wheels; .and the lines they makeare, therefore, always parallel to each other.

The wheels which are interchangeable could have a gear wheel withpointed teeth for penetrating or marking purposes.

The said wheels may also be hollow and filled with absorbent material orink for marking without perforations.

The invention may be operated by turning a control knob, whereby thedistance between the two wheels may be adjusted to the desiredmeasurement indicated on a scale.

The scale is arranged in such a way that the different measurements maybe read while turning the control knob.

In operation, a slight pressure is exerted upon the tool in pushing thisforward along the style lines.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel features, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this application, in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of my invention; and

FIGURE 2 is a side elevational View of same.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral indicates amarking tool, as described, comprising a bifurcated member 11 mounted ina handle 12, said member being made with flexible arms 13, 13 adapted toper- 3,281,938 Patented Nov. 1, 1966 mit adjustment of the distancebetween the latter during operation.

Parallel wheels 14, 14 are turnably arranged at the upper ends of theflexible arms 13, 13; a bar 15 provided with right and left hand threadsat the respective ends thereof, is turnably mounted between said armsand is adapted, by the cooperation of the thread-s on said bar withmating internal threads in circular openings in said arms, to effect anincrease or decrease in the distance between said arms; such increase ordecrease being effected by turning control disc 16, which is rigidlymounted on said bar; while a scale 17 attached to one of said arms, atthe upper end thereof, indicates the distance between the arms, and,thereby, the distance there will be between the markings created by thesaid wheels when the marking tool is used.

As shown in FIGURE 1, the arms 13 13 possess the novel features ofconstruction of being formed with enlarged rounded bends 20, 20 which,in contradistinction to the arms shown in my co-pending application,permit of more flexibility and incidentally an easier operation of thedevice.

Further, in order to offset the weakening of the arms 13, 13, due to thewear and tear of the threads in the latter, caused by the slidingmovements of the bar 15 therein, solid nuts 21, 21 with threads similarand corresponding to those in said arms, have been integrally secured tothe latter, thereby strengthening the same and increasing the longevityof said arms.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the construction andarrangements of the several .parts shown and described herein withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, and therefore I do not wishto confine myself as to the disclosure described and shown herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

A marking tool comprising an elongated member including bifurcations atone end and elongated shank portions at the other end, enlarged roundedbends joining the bifurcations to the shank portions for impartingflexibility thereto, said bifurcations comprising arms terminating inmarking members, threaded nuts integrally secured to said arms, the armshaving threaded openings corresponding to and communicating with thethreaded openings of the nuts, and a threaded bar in cooperativeengagement with said nuts for adjusting the distance between said arms.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 313,275 3/1885Barber. 481,721 8/1892 Sipe 30-365 973,534 10/1910 Meyerheim. 3,020,6412/ 1962 Augustin.

WILLIAM FELDMAN, Primary Examiner.

G. WEIDENFELD, Assistant Examiner.

1. MARKING TOOL COMPRISING AN ELONGATED MEMBER INCLUDING BIFURACTIONS ATONE END AND ELONGATED SHANK PORTIONS AT THE OTHER END, ENLARGED ROUNDEDBENDS JOINING THE BIFURCATIONS TO THE SHANK PORTIONS FOR IMPARTINGFLEXIBILITY THERETO, SAID BIFURCATIONS COMPRISING ARMS TERMINATING INMARKING MEMBERS, THREADED NUTS INTEGRALLY SECURED TO SAID ARMS, THE ARMSHAVING THREADED OPENINGS CORRESPONDING TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH THETHREADED OPENINGS OF THE NUTS, AND A THREADED BAR IN COOPERATIVEENGAGEMENT WITH SAID NUTS FOR ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID ARMS.